It’s Great When You’re Straight... Yeah: Vinyl LP
MOVLP3625Label: Music on Vinyl
Release Date: 26th January
100% banger fest on this, which sounds as fresh as ever, like the MCR Beastie Boys or Beck's wildcard North England cousins. Funk, hip hop, Shaun Ryder with that can't teach charisma and genius one liners.
• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
• CERTIFIED PLATINUM DEBUT ALBUM CHARTED #1 IN THE UK ALBUMS CHART
• INCLUDES THE UK TOP 20 HIT SINGLES “REVEREND BLACK GRAPE”, “IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER” AND “KELLY’S HEROES”
Black Grape was founded by former members of The Happy Mondays, Shaun Ryder and Bez (a.k.a. Mark Berry). New band members included rappers Paul "Kermit" Leveridge, Carl "Psycho" McCarthy, drummer Ged Lynch (all three from the first wave of UK hip-hop, and influential Hulme, Manchester act Ruthless Rap Assassins), guitarist Paul Wagstaff (from the Paris Angels), and Oli "Dirtycash" Dillon on ocarina.
It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah contains 10 catchy songs with influences from indie-pop, alternative, funk, disco, with rough guitar, rapping all glued together and produced by American Danny Saber. Upon release in 1993, the debut album immediately charted #1 in the UK Albums chart and was certified Platinum. It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah includes the UK Top 2- singles "Reverend Black Grape", "In the Name of The Father" and "Kelly's Heroes".